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College Football's National BCS Champion is crowned tonight! But are the two best BCS championship picks in the nation competing for the BCS Title? Since the inception of the BCS system, there has been controversy surrounding who qualifies as the best BCS pick for a shot at the national championship. Last year, it was Michigan who felt they were slighted with the best BCS odds when Florida leap frogged them in the poll. The Wolverines went on to the Rose Bowl with the best BCS betting odds only to be spanked by the USC Trojans.
This year the oddsmakers at Sportsbetting.com has the LSU Tigers as the 4pt favorite BCS pick coming into the College Football year ending BCS Championship game. LSU vs. Ohio State
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This year brings the same BCS championship odds controversy. Are the two best teams in the college football nation actually playing tonight? If you're like us, you think that USC is the best college team in the country, so lets take a look tonight's BCS championship matchup for your BCS predictions.
Last year, Ohio State were clearly deserving of a berth in the BCS championship game and Ohio State hopes it's learned from the experience. Perhaps the most important lesson the Buckeyes hope to take away will be how to better manage another long layoff between games.
Because the Big Ten doesn't play a conference championship game, Ohio State had 51 days between its win over Michigan and the matchup with Florida. The Gators, meanwhile, were off for 36 days after defeating Arkansas in the SEC championship game.
"Last year we did get complacent," said James Laurinaitis, one of the leaders of the Ohio State defense. "We felt we were invincible. We have a lot of guys on this team that know what it takes to get it done.
Coach Jim Tressel said Saturday he was pleased with the way the team has practiced in New Orleans and is satisfied with the mental approach as the game draws near.
"I think it's been very good. Very good," he said.
Clearly the coaching staff, captains and upperclassmen have gone to great lengths to guard against a repeat of last January's debacle in the BCS Championship game.
"This year, I think, we're a lot more focused," tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells said. "We're not 12-0 as we were last year. We're 11-1 and we know what it feels like to lose. We don't like that feeling at all and we don't want to feel that on the way home."
They face a very impressive and talented LSU side that averaged 38.7 points per game - good enough for 12th in the nation. They use a dual quarterback system splitting time between Matt Damon look-a-like Matt Flynn and Ryan Perrilloux.
Flynn's running has been limited this season because of injuries. Perrilloux has started twice, including the SEC title game against Tennessee, and passed for 541 yards and four touchdowns in games when Flynn was banged-up.
When Flynn is fine, and he says time off has helped heal his sprained ankle and bruised throwing shoulder, Perrilloux mostly runs the type of keepers that Williams used so effectively against the Buckeyes. With Perrilloux designated the "running" quarterback, Flynn's mobility has been overlooked.
"Me and Matt are pretty much the same height, same speed, same weight," Perrilloux said. "I'd rather go in there and take that lick for him so he can stay healthy."
Ohio State is looking for its 5th National Championship and first since knocking off Miami in double overtime in the 2003 Orange Bowl. LSU, which shared the national title with consensus No. 1 USC in 2003, seeks its third championship.
Be sure to check out who we like in this one tonight!
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